10 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



rocky parts of Taleggio Valley at Vedeseta (3490 ft.), Salzana 

 Valley, &c., but not above from 3000 to 3600 ft. ; it is frequently 

 kept in cages for its sweet song; it is called Passara soUtaria. 

 Amongst the Saxicolce. we found both Pratincola ruhetra (Whin- 

 chat, V. Moiet) and P. ruhicola (Stonechat, v. Machet Ciiiptec), 

 and the Wiieatear {Saxicola oenanthe, v. Cul-bianc), all common 

 and breeding everywhere, especially on the mountains. The Black- 

 eared Chat {S. aurita) is less common than the Black-throated 

 Wheatear {S. stapazina). The White-spotted Bluethroat {Cyane- 

 cula wolfi, V. Morat turchi) is fairly abundant, and we may meet 

 with it in autumn and in winter till January ; there is no 

 evidence of a spring passage, but it must surely happen. The 

 Red-spotted Bluethroat is rarer. 



As resident birds, are found the Eedstart (Ruticilla phoeni- 

 curus, V. Morati, Cuarossa), Black Redstart (R. titys, v. Moral 

 nigher, M. caibuner), and Redbreast {Ei'ithacus ruhecula, v. 

 Picial). 



Afterwards I observed the Nightingale (Luscinia vera, v. 

 Rossignol), Garden Warbler (Sylvia salicar'ia, v. Becafig), 

 Blackcap {S. atricapilla). Barred Warbler {S. nisoria), Orphean 

 Warbler (S. orphcea), Whitethroat (S. cinerea, v. Gazetina), and 

 Lesser Whitethroat {S. curruca, v. Beca-mure) — all summer 

 visitors, and breeding. Dr. Giacomelli told me he succeeded in 

 obtaining one specimen of the Northern Nightingale (L. philo- 

 mela), which was caught at Camerata on October 1st, 1899 ; it 

 was an adult male, though this was not a very strange occurrence, 

 I only admit this species on his testimony. The Phylloscopi 

 (v. Tui, Tuinot Tuinu) are common, comprising Phylloscopus bo- 

 nellii. About Reed-W^arblers we know very little, but I saw on the 

 Gemelli Lakes (5971 ft.) a specimen of the Grasshopper- Warbler 

 {Locustella n<Bvia), and I heard along the Ambria, not very far 

 from Zogno (1017 ft.), the Sedge-Warbler {Calamodus schoeno- 

 hcenus) ; both are now in my collection. Amongst the Wagtails I 

 mention the White Wagtail (Motacilla alba, v. Balerota), the Grey 

 Wagtail (M. sulphiirea, v. Balaiina), the Blue-headed and Yellow 

 Wagtails [Budytes fiavus and B. cinereocapilliis, v. Boari), which 

 are common and breeding species ; perhaps the Grey-headed 

 Yellow Wagtail {B. borealis) ; but I have no notice regarding the 

 Black-headed Yellow Wagtail (B. feldeggi). The Tree-Pipit 



